 Birth | September 5, 1854 34 32 |
 Birth of a brother | Dr. James Buchanan Shemwell October 5, 1856 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Madora E “Dora” Shemwell April 30, 1858 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | July 16, 1860 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary L Shemwell 1861 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Peter Pinkney Shemwell July 10, 1862 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Judge Robert Lee Shemwell March 14, 1865 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a sister | Susanna Cox Shemwell 1868 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Ann Shemwell 1869 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a sister | Madora E “Dora” Shemwell September 4, 1878 (Age 23 years) Cause: Consumption Note: 2 y.o. M. Anne Riley is living with her grandfather David Shemwell in the 1880 census. |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 25 years) Address: Smith Dist. |
| Death of a mother | Permelia J Roach August 30, 1881 (Age 26 years) |
 Marriage | Joseph Brooks “Boots” Lyles — View this family December 15, 1886 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Alexander Shemwell November 17, 1887 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a child #1 | … Lyles April 12, 1888 (on the date of death) |
| Death of a child | … Lyles April 12, 1888 (on the date of death) Cause: In Childbirth |
 Death | April 12, 1888 (Age 33 years) Note: Brewer's Mill - Mother and child died at childbirth. |